Jim Crow laws were laws designed to control and segregate African Americans in the southern states of the United States. In the south Jim Crow laws became a normal way of life. Its origination came after the civil war and during the reconstruction era. Its name derives from an actor by the name of Thomas Rice. Rice created this character after witnessing an African American man dancing and decided to mimic the performance as fun, he would perform in theatres as a character named Jim Crow and would be in blackface, this character became very successful and thus, not shortly after, the creation of laws known as “Jim Crow laws.” …show more content…
Some states that enforced these type of laws included: Florida, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia, Texas, Arizona, Maryland, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. Some of the laws enforced included the segregation of: Education, Entertainment, Freedom of Speech, Health Care, Housing, Libraries, Marriage, Services, Transportation, and Work. Most of Jim Crow Laws were laws that prevented Whites and Blacks from interacting. Blacks couldn’t attend the same schools in some instances and other situations Whites weren’t allowed to speak freely of supporting Blacks on equal rights, it was considered against the